Wild swimming near Mevagissey……

During our stay in Cornwall over the summer, we had the pleasure of meeting up with old friends from Brussels who by co-incidence were holidaying in our home county.  It’s so cool to just touch base by FB on a regular basis and then hit the jackpot when you realise you’re in the same location … Continue reading

Janine’s baked salmon…. with a goats cheese and sundried tomato crust

I’m thinking a lot about my Brit’any pal Janine this week, as she prepares her son George for local boarding school.  It’s only up the road and not a posh ‘public’ school, just a great one that is way way way oversubscribed.  And in the mad lottery postcode set up of the UK, if you … Continue reading

Wild swimming

Wild swimming is a great way to just get outdoors and enjoy the bracing fresh air and cool waters of our coast, rivers, lakes, inlets and pools.  I didn’t realise until recently that my morning cravings in Concarneau (to swim to the buoys on the beach in front of our holiday home) was actually a … Continue reading

Back to my roots…….. life in Cornwall

After 6 weeks in Brittany in my ‘twin home town’ of Concarneau (which is covered in The Beach House blog by the way!), I’ve finally arrived back in Penzance, Cornwall.  Aside from the Cornish weather (boy you think it’s wet in Brussels – well no-one does sea mist any thicker or wetter than the Cornish!), … Continue reading